Du Bist Deutschland: Deconstructed

So, start the Photoshopmachine! Read on: What do you need?

• A subject. I chose Sven Jaschan, the 18 year old German whizz-kid who created the Sasser- and NetSky-worms back in 2004.
• A fitting photo. I found this picture of a "hackers lair".
• The "Georgia"-font. It should be pre-installed. Otherwise, you can download it here.
• The official Du Bist Deutschland-logo.

Right, now start throwing the pieces together:

Open the background picture in Photoshop and resize the canvas to 800 x 600 (image>canvas size).

I've added a gray blue layer with blending mode set to "color" to make the grayscale-picture more interesting.

Add the obligatory text "Du bist *name*" in the Georgia-font. I used font size 250 for the "Du" and 60 for the "bist Sven Jaschan"-part.

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Type some German dummytext at the bottom (or search something about your subject on Google.de) in size 8 and insert the logo ( cut the white areas with the magic wand ("W")).

To give your piece that extra dimension, tweak the letters from the name so they connect fluidly.

Bad:

Good:

Have fun making your own parody!

If you're a Flickr-users, be sure to add your piece to the Du Bist Deutschland-pool.